When You’re Worried About Self-Harm
Entire course freeMiddle & high school educators
MODULE 1 · 7 MIN
What Self-Harm Is (and Isn’t)
It is a way of coping with unbearable feelings — that’s the frame everything else depends on.
MODULE 2 · 7 MIN
The Conversation
Calm, private, direct — and shorter than you think.
MODULE 3 · 6 MIN
What Happens Next
Refer the same day. Here’s what that looks like — and where your job ends.
MODULE 4 · 7 MIN
After the Referral
You’re not done — you’re just back to being their teacher, which matters more than you think.
Before You Call a Parent Uninvolved
Entire course freeAll school staff
MODULE 1 · 6 MIN
What “Uninvolved” Looks Like From the Other Side
We measure involvement by who shows up to our events, on our schedule. That measures logistics, not love.
MODULE 2 · 7 MIN
What Is Usually Underneath
Six things that keep parents away — and the one that decides which families get the label.
MODULE 3 · 7 MIN
Reaching the Parent Who Isn’t There
Lower the cost of contact until it’s something a tired parent can afford.
MODULE 4 · 6 MIN
Partnering When You Hear From Home Twice a Year
Some families will stay hard to reach. The student still needs the two of you to be a team.
When Behavior Is Trauma Talking
Entire course freeAll school staff
MODULE 1 · 6 MIN
What Trauma Does to a Student at School
A brain that has learned the world is dangerous does not switch that off at the classroom door.
MODULE 2 · 7 MIN
Recognizing Trauma-Driven Behavior
Fight, flight, freeze, and fawn — what each one looks like at a desk, and what tends to set them off.
MODULE 3 · 7 MIN
Responding in the Moment
Regulate, then relate, then reason — in that order, every time.
MODULE 4 · 6 MIN
Building a Room That Doesn’t Set Off the Alarm
Predictability is safety. Most of the work happens before anything goes wrong.
MODULE 5 · 6 MIN
Where Your Job Ends — and What It Costs You
You are not the therapist. You are the safe adult. Both halves of that sentence matter.
The Calm Classroom
Module 1 free · rest is PremiumWhen a Student Says No
Module 1 free · rest is PremiumThe Mental Health-Responsive Classroom
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Save your progress, use the printable library and classroom games, take a private mental health check, and keep Crisis & Referral one tap away. Created by clinicians who work in schools every day.